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Relevanssi Light

by Christoph Vielgrader · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.2.4 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 7.2+

Relevanssi Light has 600+ active installs on WordPress.org and 17,311 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on July 14, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Relevanssi Light at a glance

Active installs
600+
Total downloads
17,311
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Relevanssi Light well maintained?

Support threads resolved
0 of 1
recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1

Relevanssi Light reviews and ratings

7 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.6 out of 5

7 reviews

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  • Exactly what I need

    The full Relevanssi is great, but this is usually all I need. Just a replacement for the default WP search, with more relevant results, but without the complexity of settings, indexing, extra tables, etc. Bonus: it works with jet smart filters too, and it doesn't mess up the post type filter like the base Relevanssi.

    lukechinworth

  • Excellent plugin! Instant indexing

    Indexing custom fields in Wordpress is an old problem with the platform that can generally only be solved with more complex and heavy plugins that require a total change in the way you search. Even though I like the original Relevanssi, this light version is much simpler to use, has a clean UI and doesn't involve a lot of work with many settings to manage, in addition to not needing posts to always be reindexed. Thanks!

    Eder Ribeiro

  • "Light" is "Right"

    Slightly better relevance was all I needed. Thanks Relevanssi Light!

    Jimmy Lee

  • Poor relevancy in search results

    I'm a big fan of Relevanssi (the original full plugin) but this time I thought I'd try the light version. Our site is pretty simple. About 1000 posts. I just needed something that could handle apostrophes in the post title gracefully (for example, a search for "Jester's Maze" brought up "not found" with the native Wordpress search and we needed it to pull up the story with that title). This light plugin DID handle the apostrophe properly, however the overall relevancy of the search results was very poor. "Jester's Maze" came up in the results, but not as the first result. In a search for "amber eyes", I had to scroll several pages to find the story titled "Amber Eyes". If the story title is an exact match with the search terms (not counting punctuation and capitalization), it should bring up that story FIRST. I had to uninstall this light version and install the full-fledged Relevanssi plugin to get the search results to behave properly. Disappointing, but I'm glad the bigger plugin is out there.

    creativewebguru

  • Great little plugin

    Works really well and the plugin author is very helpful :-) It's also very well coded with full documentation, as well as hooks and pluggable functions to allow for extension and customisation.

    squarestar

  • Fast and Simple

    Great replacement for the default WordPress search. Worked for a database of 25,000 posts when the default WordPress search would choke and bring down the site with a database connection error.

    Dan Greene

Details

Relevanssi Light is a simple, quick and effective search improvement that replaces the default WP search with a fulltext index search.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • fulltext
  • search

More from Christoph Vielgrader

Version
1.2.4
Last updated
Jul 14, 2026
First published
Mar 11, 2020
Requires WordPress
5.0
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.2
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Relevanssi Light FAQ

How many active installs does Relevanssi Light have?

WordPress.org reports 600+ active installs for Relevanssi Light as of September 7, 2026.

Is Relevanssi Light still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on July 14, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Does Relevanssi Light have good support?

On the WordPress.org forum, 0 of 1 recent support threads for Relevanssi Light are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.

Is Relevanssi Light free?

Relevanssi Light is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.